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Leptagonus decagonus (Sea poacher; Northern alligatorfish; Atlantic sea poacher; Atlantic poacher)

Synonyms: Agonus decagonus; Aspidophorus malarmoides; Aspidophorus spinosissimus; Leptagonus decagonus pacificus
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Wikipedia Abstract

Leptagonus decagonus, the Atlantic Poacher, is a species of poacher native to the northern oceans. It is found at depths of from 0 to 930 metres (0 to 3,051 ft). This species grows to a length of 21 centimetres (8.3 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
View Wikipedia Record: Leptagonus decagonus

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park National Marine Conservation Area II 310822 Canada

Prey / Diet

Predators

Amblyraja radiata (Starry ray)[1]
Erignathus barbatus (Bearded Seal)[1]
Gadus morhua (rock cod)[1]
Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Smokie)[1]
Somniosus microcephalus (gray shark)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Caudotestis opisthorchis[2]
Echinorhynchus gadi[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0